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Plebiscite
Pleb′i-scite
,Noun.
[F.
plébiscite
, fr. L. plebiscitum
.] A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
[Written also
plebiscit
.] Plebiscite
we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French. Fitzed. Hall.